Searching for food.

spookiefox

How many people who are dieting actually measure out 100g of zucchini? Vs. how many people just buy a zucchini, cut it up, and cook it?

I weigh all my food ..... you would be surprised how much you actually overestimate...

And by the way they use 100g serving sizes to be convenient . So say i am eating a zucchini that is 256g i would plug in 2.56 servings of 100g
It makes it incredibly easy to log this way.
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I was going to say something similar, but I choose the dropdown and set it to 1 gram, then add 256 servings! LOL

The point is, few people "measure out 100g of zucchini," but a LOT of them enter the exact weight of zucchini they ate.

SunnyDuckling

I lost who said this (sorry!) but:

I'm finding that a lot of things are plural, so rather than searching for a russet potato, I search potatoes, and then find the options for Potatoes - Russet, and so forth - same for pears, bananas, blueberries, onions, etc.

This! Makes a difference, really. Search 'tomato' - get lots of random entries. 'tomatoes' and you find the basic one you are after. It took me a while to get my head around this, but since then, so much more helpful

Also, weighing into say - I like having measurements per 100g. As an Aussie, I cannot fathom how ounces work. It just... doesn't... :noway: Grams all the way!! Besides, as others have mentioned, how do I know what size I have in front of me is 'large' 'medium' etc? Especially when sizes are listed in inches?! I'm metric to my bones! :laugh: What I may consider to be a small serving of, say banana or cheese, may actually be a medium or large.

Measuring everything out and weighing back to 100g is dead useful for me. It gives me something to compare serving sizes and portions with. Cereal was the eye-opener for me. I thought I was having a normal size serving - turns it, it was close to double. Now, I weigh it out (not cup measurements, because often that's very uneven) and I'm finding I am eating more along the lines of how I should, portion-wise.

Beachcrazy57

Fantastic!! Thanks, that's a huge help!

endlesoul

How many people who are dieting actually measure out 100g of zucchini? Vs. how many people just buy a zucchini, cut it up, and cook it?

I can't answer for everyone but from what I've read many people do. I use to think it ridiculous to weigh food. Now I couldn't live without it. By far you can't get any more accurate the amount your eating. Sure there can be some inaccuracies in the data base but it is so easy to Google what you think is wrong to compare. I agree with what posters have said, being more specific really helps.
This is the USDA site that is very helpful. http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list

Once you start weighing food you see how off the calories can be for what a cup of this or that is. Most food labels have it in grams and that is the only way to accurately log your calories.

PostToasties

Iodized salt comes up.

salevy

My issue with searching for food is the portion size.

I'll put in a food item and half the serving size. The only things listed are the actual portion size, 1 piece, or the whole package 48 pieces. Nothing listed for half the portion size.

KristinaB83

Counting without measuring?

Good Luck with that.

This.

PikaKnight

Have you tried adding in other descriptive words like raw or USDA? I find that helps narrow things for me, especially the USDA part.

chumbasmumba

Start search with "raw" when putting in fruits + veggies.

dunnodunno

My issue with searching for food is the portion size.

I'll put in a food item and half the serving size. The only things listed are the actual portion size, 1 piece, or the whole package 48 pieces. Nothing listed for half the portion size.

Why can't you just put 0.5 for half a serving?

rayneface

I do think it would be nice to be able to separate out user added foods as I find these can get a little annoying... unless you can and I just don't know how it's done.